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Don’t Recycle, Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Recycling is great for the environment and we should all be doing it (in spite of my title), but reusing is even better. When you can reuse or re-purpose an item, you are not only saving it from the landfills, but you are also saving the expense and energy which would have been expended when you recycle.

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8 Easy Ways to Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Today, I am going to share with you 8 ways you can recycle, reduce, and reuse. Concentrated products often require less packaging, resulting in less energy to transport it to the store and less plastic to recycle. Reuse what you can. We also save containers from items and reuse them for storage at a later time.

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10 Household Items That You Can Reuse

For the Mommas

10 Household Items That You Can Reuse. 10 Household Items That You Can Reuse. Reusing not only helps us to sustain the environment for future generations and also reduces the amount of waste that will need to be recycled. The lifespan of our household items is only limited by our imagination.

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12 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ah, recycling. It’s been around forever in one form another, whether back when your grandmother reused glass bottles for canning or in 2014 when a truck comes around to pick up all those empty soda cans you put out at the end of your driveway. Let’s take a look at a few items you may not have known were recyclable. Your Old Car.

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Six Ways to Reuse Your Plastic Grocery Bags

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You can even save a few plastic grocery bags and reuse them at your local farmer’s market or grocery store. Recycle If none of these circumstances apply to you, you can always recycle your grocery bags. Many grocery stores will have a place where you can bring your plastic bags and leave them to be recycled.

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Reusing Glass Jars | Kitchen Economics

Family Balance Sheet

She has always reused food containers, such as glass pickle jars or plastic cool-whip and sherbert containers, so I am not quite sure how or why I got started buying plastic food storage containers. Do you buy food storage containers or reuse food containers? It seemed a bit wasteful. Thanks for reading. become a Twitter follower.

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World Wisdom - Budget-Friendly, Sustainable Spring Break Ideas

Motherhood Moments

“Whether going away or staying home for Spring Break, there are many ways families can create teachable moments about recycling. This is important since P+PB research shows that 95% of Americans say they recycle to some extent but fewer than half know the basics of recycling,” explained Mary Anne Hansan, President, P+PB.